{"id":364,"date":"2020-04-08T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T21:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/?p=364"},"modified":"2020-09-03T18:23:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T22:23:45","slug":"federal-and-state-enforcers-will-scrutinize-pricing-behavior-during-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/2020\/04\/08\/federal-and-state-enforcers-will-scrutinize-pricing-behavior-during-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal and State Enforcers Will Scrutinize Pricing Behavior During COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to drastic changes to everyday life, the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting antitrust enforcement. Companies must be prepared to address these impacts, including steering mergers and acquisitions through\u00a0<a title=\"Expect Delays in Merger Reviews by FTC and DOJ During COVID-19 Restrictions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/expect_delays_merger_reviews_ftc_doj_during_covid19_restrictions_0230.html\">regulatory approvals<\/a>, seizing opportunities to collaborate to solve\u00a0<a title=\"U.S. Antitrust Agencies Announce Expedited Procedures and Guidance for COVID-19 Public Health Efforts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/us_antitrust_agencies_announce_expedited_procedures_guidance_covid19_public_health_efforts_0320.html\">public health issues<\/a>\u00a0raised by COVID-19, and avoiding use of pricing algorithms or other pricing mechanisms that could lead to allegations of price gouging. Indeed, U.S. lawmakers recently urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to act quickly to protect the public from price gouging, particularly for essential COVID-19 health products such as facemasks, disinfectants and hand sanitizers. Thirty-three state attorneys general also recently issued a\u00a0<a title=\"State attorneys general letter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.attorneygeneral.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/03_25_2020_Multistate-letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a>\u00a0urging the nation\u2019s major retailers to rigorously monitor price gouging practices on their platforms during this time.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full text of this Duane Morris <em>Alert<\/em>, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/federal_state_enforcers_will_scrutinize_pricing_behavior_during_covid19_pandemic_0420.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visit the firm website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to drastic changes to everyday life, the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting antitrust enforcement. Companies must be prepared to address these impacts, including steering mergers and acquisitions through\u00a0regulatory approvals, seizing opportunities to collaborate to solve\u00a0public health issues\u00a0raised by COVID-19, and avoiding use of pricing algorithms or other pricing mechanisms that could lead to allegations &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/2020\/04\/08\/federal-and-state-enforcers-will-scrutinize-pricing-behavior-during-covid-19-pandemic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Federal and State Enforcers Will Scrutinize Pricing Behavior During COVID-19 Pandemic&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[224,980,471,472,83],"ppma_author":[1043],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-antitrust","tag-fashion-retail-and-consumer-branded-products","tag-price-gouging","tag-pricing","tag-regulatory"],"authors":[{"term_id":1043,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}